Australian WW1 medal trio & pair to brothers. 10Bn 2/Lieut KIA, 32Bn WIA Fromelles. On offer are 2 medal groups to 2 brothers. 1 was KIA 1918 and the other was WIA at Fromelles in 1916. He died 4 years after discharge. 1914-15 star, British war medal & Victory medal. Correctly impressed 3351 Pte H N Hastwell 10/Bn AIF on the star and 2-Lieut H N Hastwell AIF on the pair. British war medal and Victory medal correctly impressed 3144 Pte LA Hastwell 27 Bn AIF. Hutt Street, Adelaide, South Australia. Mother, Mrs M J Hastwell, Hutt Street, Adelaide, South Australia. 10th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement. AWM Embarkation Roll number. Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A24 Benalla on. Regimental number from Nominal Roll. Rank from Nominal Roll. Unit from Nominal Roll. 3rd Trench Mortar Battery. Age at death from cemetery records. Outtersteene Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot II, Row G, Grave 1), Bailleul, France. Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial. Miscellaneous information from cemetery records. Commemorated in St George the Martyr’s Anglican Church, Goodwood, Adelaide, South Australia. Inscription reads:’To the Glory of God. In Honour of Our Lady, Blessed Michael the Archangel, Blessed George the Martyr & of all the Blessed Saints. To the dear Memory of all those who went forth from this Altar, where they offered the Holy Sacrifice of the Body and Blood of Christ, to give their lives in the Great War. This Screen is Blessed on Anzac Day 25 April 1922 being the Feast of Saint Mark the Evangelist. Also commemorated in North Road Church of England Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia. Parents: Alfred Ernest and Mary Jane HASTWELL, 24 Huntriss Street, Torrensville, South Australia. War service: Egypt, Western Front. Admitted to 1st Australian General Hospital, Cairo, 6 February 1916 (typhoid); tonsillitis, 16 February 1916; transferred to No 1 Auxiliary Hospital, 17 August 1916 (gastritis). Taken on strength, 10th Bn, Serapeum, 17 March 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 27 March 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 3 April 1916. Taken on strength, 3rd Brigade Light Trench Mortar Battery, 13 August 1916. Admitted to 39th Casualty Clearing Station, 11 December 1916 (scabies), and transferred to Ambulance Train No 23; admitted to 26th General Hospital, Etaples, 17 December 1916; transferred to 6th Convalescent Depot, 20 December 1916 (boils); to 26th General Hospital, 29 December 1916; to Base Depot, Etaples, 25 January 1917; rejoined unit, 9 February 1917. Appointed Lance Corporal, 15 June 1917; promoted corporal, 23 September 1917. Selected to attend Infantry Cadet Bn Course, England, and taken on strength, No 2 Officers’ Cadet Bn, Cambridge, 7 December 1917. Appointed 2nd Lieutenant in the AIF, 1 June 1918. Proceeded overseas to France, 11 June 1918; taken on strength, 10th Bn, in the field, 18 June 1918. Believed to be Prisoner of War, 30 June 1918; now, 30 June 1918, reported Killed in Action, 30 June 1918. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal. 48 Hutt Street, Adelaide, South Australia. Mother, Mrs Mary Jane Hastwell, 5 Hutt Street, Adelaide, South Australia. 27th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement. Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A7 Medic on. Brother: 2nd Lt Hugh Norman HASTWELL, 3rd Trench Mortar Battery, killed in action, 30 June 1919. Taken on strength (supernumerary), 32nd Bn , Duntroon Plateau, 6 April 1916; absorbed on strength, 32nd Bn, Moascar, 30 May 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 17 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 23 June 1916. Wounded in action, 20 July 1916 (gun shot wound, finger) ; admitted to 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 21 July 1916; discharged to duty, 28 July 1916. Admitted to 38th Casualty Clearing Station, 2 November 1916 (synovitis, knees), and transferred to 1st Canadian General Hospital, Etaples; to England, 11 November 1916, and admitted to Edmonton Military Hospital, London, 12 November 1916 (dislocated right knee; accident: mild); transferred to 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 11 January 1917. Detached for duty with 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 3 March 1917. On furlough, 12-27 March 1917. Commenced return to Australia on board HT’Morvada’ transport duty, 4 January 1919 (medically unfit: local internal cartilage); discharged, 17 April 1919. War service: 3 years 252 days (of which 3 years 38 days were abroad). Re-enlisted, as 86479, Special Services Unit, 30 September 1919; discharged, 21 May 1920. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal. North Road Church of England Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia. The item “Australian WW1 medal trio & pair to brothers 10Bn 2Lieut KIA, 32Bn WIA Fromelles” is in sale since Sunday, May 12, 2019. This item is in the category “Collectables\Militaria\1914 – 1918 (WWI)”. The seller is “commpartsvic” and is located in Hoppers Crossing, Victoria. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Campaign: World War I
- Modified Item: No
- Country: Australia
- Product Type: Medals
- Authenticity: Original
- Era: 1910s
